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Four Kazakh Opposition Activists Detained For Protesting Russian Killings In Bucha


Police detain Oyan, Qazaqstan activists near the Russian Consulate in Almaty on April 9.
Police detain Oyan, Qazaqstan activists near the Russian Consulate in Almaty on April 9.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Police in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, have detained four opposition activists who staged a protest performance in front of the Russian consulate against the mass killings of civilians by Russian troops in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.

Four members of Oyan, Qazaqstan (Wake Up, Kazakhstan) -- Asem Zhapisheva, Tamilya Anchutkina, Darkhan Sharipov, and Aqbota Sharipzhanova -- holding Ukrainian flags, laid down with their hands behind their backs in front of the Russian Consulate on April 9,

They were evoking images that have emerged from Bucha, outside Kyiv, where hundreds of civilians were found dead after the withdrawal of Russian forces.

Many were found lying in the street, their hands tied behind their back.

The four were bundled away by police and taken to a nearby police station, where they were released several hours later after being interrogated.

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